Rotating Spin Wave Modes in Nanoscale Möbius Strips

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Main Authors: Thonikkadavan, Ashfaque, d'Aquino, Massimiliano, Hertel, Riccardo
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Published: 2025
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author Thonikkadavan, Ashfaque
d'Aquino, Massimiliano
Hertel, Riccardo
author_facet Thonikkadavan, Ashfaque
d'Aquino, Massimiliano
Hertel, Riccardo
contents Curved and topologically nontrivial magnetic structures offer new pathways to control spin-wave behavior beyond planar geometries. Here, we study spin-wave dynamics in Möbius-shaped soft-magnetic nanostrips using micromagnetic simulations. By comparing single-, double-, and triple-twisted Möbius strips to a topologically trivial bent ring, we isolate the roles of helical twist and non-orientable topology. Möbius geometries exhibit non-degenerate mode doublets associated with counterpropagating spin waves, in contrast to the standing-wave doublets in the trivial case. This splitting arises from a twist-induced geometric (Berry) phase that breaks propagation symmetry, producing non-reciprocal dispersion relations. The Möbius topology further imposes antisymmetric boundary conditions, resulting in half-integer wavelength quantization. Local RF excitation allows for the selective generation of spin waves with defined frequency and direction. An analytical model reproduces the dispersion behavior with excellent agreement. These results highlight how geometric and topological design can be leveraged to engineer spin-wave transport in three-dimensional magnonic systems.
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spellingShingle Rotating Spin Wave Modes in Nanoscale Möbius Strips
Thonikkadavan, Ashfaque
d'Aquino, Massimiliano
Hertel, Riccardo
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Curved and topologically nontrivial magnetic structures offer new pathways to control spin-wave behavior beyond planar geometries. Here, we study spin-wave dynamics in Möbius-shaped soft-magnetic nanostrips using micromagnetic simulations. By comparing single-, double-, and triple-twisted Möbius strips to a topologically trivial bent ring, we isolate the roles of helical twist and non-orientable topology. Möbius geometries exhibit non-degenerate mode doublets associated with counterpropagating spin waves, in contrast to the standing-wave doublets in the trivial case. This splitting arises from a twist-induced geometric (Berry) phase that breaks propagation symmetry, producing non-reciprocal dispersion relations. The Möbius topology further imposes antisymmetric boundary conditions, resulting in half-integer wavelength quantization. Local RF excitation allows for the selective generation of spin waves with defined frequency and direction. An analytical model reproduces the dispersion behavior with excellent agreement. These results highlight how geometric and topological design can be leveraged to engineer spin-wave transport in three-dimensional magnonic systems.
title Rotating Spin Wave Modes in Nanoscale Möbius Strips
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15463